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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SEQ_00Ardashir has made a breakthrough in his study of the anima. ※Changing classes or jobs will prevent progress during this quest.
21TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SEQ_01Ardashir is determined to supplement the anima's aetheric energies so that it might relay its thoughts clearly and concisely. To that end, he proposes improving the aetherial conductivity of the weapon not only to give the anima the strength to converse, but to allow those without the Echo to comprehend that which is communicated. Gerolt begrudgingly agrees to assist. To work on the anima weapon, however, he must first insulate his tools with a soulglaze, and for that he requires five pots of aether oil. He bids you seek out Eorzea's traders of ancient antiquities to procure what he requires. ※You may not proceed with a class or job that is different from when you accepted this quest.
32TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SEQ_02You return with pots of aether oil in hand to find Gerolt in unusually high spirits. He soon reveals the reason for his good mood, namely that he has, in fact, consumed a large volume of spirits. Deaf to Ardashir's plea to lower his hammer, Gerolt begins pounding away with surprising speed and precision. It is not long before his work is complete and you take up a weapon seemingly alive with aether. As you raise it high to bask in its warm glow, the anima suddenly manifests itself to you. It is thankful for its newfound strength, and vows to do what it can to aid you in your coming adventures. Though he cannot yet perceive the anima, Ardashir is glad to see you sharing such a lengthy exchange, and looks forward to seeing how the anima will take shape under your guidance.
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2524TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_TODO_00With and in your inventory, deliver the pots of aether oil to Ardashir.
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4948TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_000_000Please note that upon completing the quest “Finding Your Voice,” you will receive an anima weapon for an .
5049TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_Q1_000_000What will you do?
5150TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_A1_000_000Undertake this quest as another job.
5251TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_A2_000_000Undertake this quest as an .
5352TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_001Be advised that once you have undertaken this quest, you may not proceed with a class or job that is different from when you accepted it.
5453TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_002Please ensure you have changed to your desired job before speaking with Ardashir.
5554TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_003In order to receive the quest “Finding Your Voice,” please ensure that and are either equipped, in your Armoury Chest, or in your inventory.
5655TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_004In order to receive the quest “Finding Your Voice,” please ensure that is either equipped, in your Armoury Chest, or in your inventory.
5756TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_005You have already received and . Please change to a different job and speak with Ardashir again.
5857TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_006You have already received . Please change to a different job and speak with Ardashir again.
5958TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_000We have made remarkable progress, Player, but our work is far from over.
6059TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_001If we are to create a truly freethinking weapon, we must empower the anima to do more than utter a few unintelligible words to its wielder.
6160TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_002Moreover, it must be encouraged to recognize you not only as the rightful owner of the weapon, but also as a companion to whom it can turn for guidance. ...A companion who senses its presence where no other can.
6261TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_003Quite why that should be is a question which confounded me for some time.
6362TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_004It was only after spending countless days poring over my notes that the answer came to me. In my efforts to predict the anima's rate of growth, I realized that I had overlooked an important variable─you, my friend. Which is why I took the liberty of investigating you and your dealings in Eorzea.
6463TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_005You are possessed of a rare power known to some as the “Echo,” are you not?
6564TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_006I have read that it conveys a preternatural sensitivity to the psyches of others. And what is the anima but a nascent psyche?
6665TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_007Yer sayin' ye've got to have special powers just to see the bloody thing?
6766TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_008...Special powers what only a handful o' folks've got. Well, that's just *great*, that is. Even if Player an' her Echo-sportin' mates buy ten weapons each, they ain't like to spend the sums Rowena's got in mind, meanin' me debts are set to go unpaid. Unless, o' course, ye've thought of a solution?
6867TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_100_008As a matter of fact, I have!
6968TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_009Unlike the quasi-souls of golems and other constructs, the anima is unique in that it was created using the pure aetherial energies of astral and umbral nodules. As such, it bears no residual imprint of another psyche, and therefore possesses the potential for cognizance and growth.
7069TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_010Having no reason or desire to grow, golems can typically subsist almost indefinitely on the energy of their initial aetherial infusion.
7170TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_011The anima, however, is quite different. Being in a state of constant development, it requires a constant supply of aether. And while it is capable of sustaining itself by drawing upon the naturally occurring aether of its immediate surroundings, I have theorized that the cause of its marked growth to this point is, in fact, its close proximity with you, Player.
7271TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_012Your weapon serves as a conduit between you and the anima, feeding it energy at a steady, albeit slow, pace. If we could somehow improve the weapon's conductivity, I am certain it would promote faster growth, enhancing the anima's ability to communicate.
7372TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_013But that is not all. Should we improve the conductivity sufficiently, the resultant strengthening of the connection between anima and wielder could, in theory, facilitate communication even in the absence of the Echo─felling two birds with but a single stone.
7473TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_014Which is where you come in, Gerolt. Do you think you can improve the aetherial conductivity of our anima's lodgings?
7574TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_015Hmph. I can't bloody well say no now, can I?
7675TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_100_015I reckon I should be able to get the aether flowin' a bit freer between Player and the anima, but it'll come at a cost.
7776TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_016By improvin' the weapon's conductivity, it'll become extra sensitive to anyone touchin' it, and that includes me when I'm poundin' on it with me hammer. My energies pourin' into the anima could muddle up whatever relations Player's already got with it.
7877TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_100_017I mean, if the bloody thing was to take after me instead of old Player here...
7978TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_100_018Yes, yes, I will not deny that taking after a man of your...character could certainly prove problematic. But how would you go about preventing such contamination?
8079TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_100_019*Contamination*!? Cheeky little shite! Any anima'd be *lucky* to take after me! Just not this one, on account o' how it's Player's. Don't go worryin' yer pretty little head, anyway, 'cause unlike you, I think my plans through.
8180TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_100_020It's a matter o' makin' me tools impassible to aether, in case yer wonderin'. Luckily, I've done summat similar before. While I was workin' with another annoyin' scholarly type, we developed a little trick called “soulglazin'.” It's used to insulate weapons, but me tools shouldn't be no different.
8281TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_017...'Course, I didn't actually make the soulglaze meself, but I've got a fair idea what might stand in fer it. Accordin' to a glowin' ball I was talkin' to, the Allagans used summat called “aether oil” in their metalworkin', an' it did pretty much the same job.
8382TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_018It's sure to be rare, expensive, or a bit o' both, but ye've got experience with this sort o' thing, don't ye lass?
8483TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_019So run along an' find us five pots of aether oil fer me hammer an' anvil, will ye? We're none of us gettin' any younger.
8584TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_020...I am, of course, grateful to you for identifying a solution. It is but a pity you did not think to ask this glowing ball of yours where to acquire it. Mayhap next time you could think your plan through a little *more*, yes?
8685TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_021I apologize for this gross imposition, but I fear we must have that aether oil if we are to proceed.
8786TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_022In the meantime, Gerolt and I will continue researching how best to foster the anima's development.
8887TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_030Greetings, Player. I take it you are ready for the next step in nurturing yet another young anima.
8988TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_031Then we must apply another coating of soulglaze to Gerolt's tools that he may safely work on the anima's vessel.
9089TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_032As you may recall, the process calls for five pots of aether oil. I know not where you acquired them before, but I must ask that you do so again. We will have made the necessary preparations by the time you return.
9190TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_040We shall set to work as soon as you return with the aether oil. It is five pots we require, don't forget. Oh, and do remember to bring the weapon itself. We shall struggle to proceed without that!
9291TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_040You must have and in your inventory to proceed with this quest.
9392TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_100_041You must have in your inventory to proceed with this quest.
9493TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_041Was I not clear? If we are to improve the anima weapon's conductivity without exposing the poor thing to Gerolt's...character, we need five pots of aether oil.
9594TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_042Well done, friend. While you were abroad acquiring these, we saw to the rather less onerous matter of our own preparations.
9695TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_043In the process, we happened upon an archive with a particularly riveting selection of texts on aetherochemical research that may well prove useful in the future.
9796TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_044Alas, I was only able to steal a few cursory glances at their contents as Gerolt was intent upon sneaking off to drown himself in ardent spirits. <sigh> Would that he were as keen to immerse himself in his work...
9897TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_100_043Well done, friend. Preparations went fairly smoothly in your absence...*despite Gerolt's best attempts to lose himself in his cups*.
9998TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_045Pious little prick. A young'un like you wouldn't understand. It's me muse...me inspiration! All me best ideas come after downin' summat strong.
10099TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_046Is that right? Then what a pity you abstained for as long as you did. Had you only been a little more inebriated, mayhap you would have devised a plan which didn't involve putting Player to such trouble.
101100TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_047Shut yer gob an' coat me anvil with that aether oil before I crack one o' them pots over yer head.
102101TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_048There. Applying the oil was much easier than I expected. How did you fare with your hammer?
103102TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_049She's oiled up an' ready fer action. There's no tellin' how long the coatin'll last, though. Time to get poundin'!
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107106TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_053Please do be careful, Gerolt. Player went to great lengths to procure that oil. I would not have her go to all that trouble again through any error on our part.
108107TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_054I think yer forgettin' who yer talkin' to, lad. My only error's makin' weapons what're too *good* fer their owners─present company excepted o' course. Besides, I downed a bottle o' the good stuff not long ago. Never felt better!
109108TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_055Well, I am glad to hear─
110109TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_056Wait, did you say a *bottle*? A *whole* bottle!? Seven hells, man! I cannot in good conscience allow you to work in your condition!
111110TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_057Bah! Don't be so daft. It weren't *bad* stuff. 'Least I don't think it was. I found it when ye were readin'─hic!─all about them aether-comical wossnames.
112111TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_058Anyroad, there's only one way to find out how good it really was. It's─hic!─hammerin' time!
113112TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_059Now stand back, and let the─hic!─master get to work!
114113TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_060How...how is that possible? Such swift, precise movements. And his eyes─never have I seen them so sharp. Is he quite certain it was alcohol he drank and not some manner of invigorating tonic?
115114TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_061No matter how many times I see it, I fail to comprehend how alcohol can inspire a man to work with such vigor.
116115TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_062This is not the drunkard I imagined when Rowena introduced us. Mayhap...mayhap we should keep another bottle on hand. In case he should be required to craft something else, I mean.
117116TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_063Truly the realm's most peculiar blacksmith.
118117TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_064There! A taste o' me true talents. Next time, maybe ye'll believe old Gerolt when he tells ye about the redeemin' power of a stiff drink.
119118TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_065Now then, Player. Hold her up and see how she feels. Like an extension o' yer arms, I'll bet, what with the aether flowin' so free.
120119TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_100_066A genuine, bona fide bleedin' *masterpiece* fashioned for the realm's greatest adventurer by her greatest livin'─hic!─blacksmith...!
121120TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_100_067Genuine, bona fide bleedin' *masterpieces* fashioned for the realm's greatest adventurer by her greatest livin'─hic!─blacksmith... and !
122121TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_066Magnificent! Simply magnificent! You can almost feel her aetherial energies coursing through them. What effect do you suppose this will have on the anima?
123122TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_BUKINOSEIREI_000_067So warm...
124123TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_BUKINOSEIREI_000_068I feel at peace. I feel...myself. You would share your aether─the very essence of your being─to lend me strength?
125124TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_BUKINOSEIREI_000_069Then I, for my part, shall do all in my power to lend you strength in turn, and together we shall explore the realm as comrades. That is, if you will have me...?
126125TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_BUKINOSEIREI_000_070So warm...
127126TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_BUKINOSEIREI_000_071At last I feel...myself. You would share your aether─the very essence of your being─to support me?
128127TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_BUKINOSEIREI_000_072Then I, in turn, shall do all that I can to support you, going wheresoever you go, even unto the farthest reaches of the realm. If, that is, you will take me as your companion...?
129128TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_073Player...? I take it the anima has spoken with you once again?
130129TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_074That was a comparatively lengthy exchange, was it not? Far longer, certainly, than the scant whispers you described before. This is progress, my friend! Tangible progress! Should our young charge continue to develop at this rate, it may not be long before Gerolt and I can converse with it! At last, our goal of a freethinking weapon is within reach!
131130TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_075Impressed, are ye? Well, the anima weapon's just the start. Feast yer eyes on this little beauty!
132131TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_076While Player was off lookin' fer aether oil, I went fer a little wander and this thing found me─I mean, I found it.
133132TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_077Anyroad, seein' as there ain't much these Allagan contraptions can't do, I gave it a recipe for makin' spirits. And let me tell ye, the thing's got a real knack for─hic!─followin' instructions.
134133TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_078With a bit o' work, I reckon we could probably teach it how to make weapons what look like the anima weapon by the bleedin' dozen!
135134TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_079They won't be *real* anima weapons, o' course, on account o' there bein' no spirit inside, but ye can be sure they'll still sell. And seein' as how ye helped me get here, I'll even let you have one half-price. Can't say fairer than that, eh?
136135TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_080Have you no decency!? We did not come here to fashion trinkets. We came here to imbue weapons with life! Life that should be respected!
137136TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_GEROLT_000_081Respectin' life don't come into it. I came here to pay off me debts, remember. An' if that means makin' a few trinkets, I'll bloody well make 'em. Like it or not, where there's muck, there's money, an' I mean to─hic!─take it.
138137TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_082<sigh> Drinking may have served to steady your arm, but I see your moral compass remains as wayward as ever. Plainly, there are limits to even alcohol's miraculous powers.
139138TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_083But let us set aside Gerolt's scheming for the present. Today marks an important malmstone in our collective journey─and in your journey especially, Player. The bond you share with the anima is stronger than ever. Teach it well, and one day soon the world will look upon the brilliance of our anima weapon and wonder!
140139TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_ARDASHIR_000_084Today marks an important malmstone in our collective journey─and in your journey especially, Player. You have successfully strengthened your bond with another anima. Teach it well, and one day soon the world will look upon the brilliance of our anima weapons and wonder!
141140TEXT_JOBREL200_02284_SYSTEM_000_085Your anima weapon is now hyperconductive, fortifying your bond with the spirit within!